http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/sports/olympics/17freeman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
This guy got a waiver to use insulin because he is DM.
Dave

Stay Away From Medical Doctors ...UNLESS You Know About Them
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How To Read The License Of Medical Doctors - Part III

NO! I don't mean the INSULIN!
A disease.  Heard about it on TV today.
Dave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4653676.stm
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B3697D5D5-4BD1-49B2-8C5A-492CC1
F99567%7D&siteid=google
I guess it's ok to give it a try if you don't mind getting asthma, or
making existing breathing problems worse, and you are afraid ...

I got my Lab tests today and I'm real happy with the results. I'm not sure
if the cinnamon is helping, but it isn't hurting either.
HbA1c was 8.3 mg/dl, now 5.7 mg/dl
Total Cholesterol was 163, now 152

has a 5 day sensor.  That's the good news.
The bad news is the first calibration comes at the 10 hour mark.  From
the way the doctors were presenting the features, it sounds as the the
readings will not commence until that first calibration...

I was diagnosed as type 1 last october. I have been taking insulin ever
since. I was keeping an eye on my blood glucose trends & I have noticed that
I was never getting any high blood sugar readings. As an experiment, I cut
down drastically on my background insulin (Lantus), ...

http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/isletsofhumor.htm

Can any friend inform me about Weetbix fiber diet.
Regards.

Spudulika is here.
Actually she's been here for quite a while, 18 days, and it's only now
that I've found the time to post.
The short story:  Baby girl born just after midnight on Monday 23rd

BM's gone up to 8.8 average, and so moved off 3 x 500 mg of metformin to 1
mg rosiglitazone and 1 gram metformin.
Anyone had experience of this tablet ?
Mike

I have just been told that I am early onset diabetes (54 years old), I would
be grateful if anyone knows any good reliable books or information I can get
in the UK in helping me to control this.
I have scoured the internet but there is allot of information out there and

I'm booked on a BA flight to Rome soon and requested a diabetic meal through
the agent. They replied with this message;
"ps. BA do not provide special meals in economy on these flights so could
not request diabetic meal for you."

Hi sweet people:
I just stepped out of the doc's office
Not so bad, versus 3 months ago
I gained 7 pounds and also got 0.4

Hello, I bought an accu-chek to monitor my blood sugar for a few days.
My reading over the last 4 days in the a.m. has been ~75.  I know this
is a little low but is this in a normal range?
Through the day it's 80-85.